I know the chicks back home
are gonna jump and shout
When they hear old Tricky
Dicky busted out
The guard he was was sleepin'
in the noonday sun
The flies were buzzin' all
around his old rabbit gun
I stepped out off the rock
while I was workin' on
When that guy woke up well
I was whoopin' gone
Hey, na -na -na,
Tricky Dicky's busted up,
Tricky Dicky's busted up,
Tricky Dicky's busted up
Gonna tell old Lucy Brown,
Tricky Dicky's comin' to town
Hey, hey, hey, hey
I headed for the river,
I was a jumper jack
The sheriff and his dogs
were breedin',
whoo, down my back
The river sure was muddy
and it sure was wild
I knew that I would be safe
up on the other side
Hey na, na, tricky Dickie's busted up
Tricky Dickie's busted up
Gonna tell old Sally Black
Tricky Dickie is comin' back
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Ho!
Tricky Dickie, you know it's true
I've been waiting here for you
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Her farmer's daughter saw me
And she gave me a smile
I knew it wouldn't hurt me
So I stayed a while
She sat me on the sofa
And she poured a glass of gin
She got me stoned, she telephoned
And then she turned me in
Ain't that awful?
Tricky Dicky's back in jail
Tricky Dicky's back in jail
Tricky Dicky's back in jail
Told the girls to weep and wail
Tricky Dicky's back in jail
Hey, hey!
Hey, hey!
Hey, hey!
Tell the girls to weep and wail,
Jiggy -Diggy's back in jail.
Hey, hey! Hey, hey!
Hey, hey!